When you use the term "media information pane", you're talking about the Library screen display... the pane below the center Details pane... the pane where information from your currently selected online store is displayed? Right?

Left click on "Help", at the top of your screen, to trigger the drop down menu. Click on the Contents and Index. Up comes the 2 page help screen. On the left side, on the "search" page, enter "media information pane" and click on the display button. Check out the entry on the right side page...

What happens when you hide the pane, by clicking on the "More Info" button?Also, there is a link at the bottom of the page, "To update information about an album". Does it help?

I googled the problem and NOTHING!!!!! many information NO LONGER is displayed in my details pane in Windows Explorer!!!!!! song length is one of them gone missing (& total length if multiple files are selected) and I use that frequently!!!!! it ONLY shows basic information now such as artist, title, album, and genre!!! but total length is GONE!!! also MANY UNRELATED INFORMATION is now in the details pane for media files!!!!!!! mood of music has been added (never heard of that tag), song rating, and composer now have been added!!!! it even displays ALL THIS SAME INFORMATION for WAV files when it used to be ONLY file size and length for WAV files!!!!!!! WAV is NOT capable of tags so I don't know why Windows Explorer shows this information for WAV files!!!!!!

HOW DO I GET MY DETAILS PANE BACK TO NORMAL???????

Answer:missing information in details pane for media files (such as song length)

As the title says, all of a sudden i have missing file info in the details pane, i have a lot of digital media and usually when i click on it it shows me every from its name to audio type, date modified etc..all of a sudden it no longer shows me what audio, chapters or subtitles etc..from the screenshot below a lot of info that used to be there now isnt....any help would be appreciated

After installing XP home Open up a folder of songs & noticed that the player preview pane for audio trks and video clips is not there. I use single click option and on my W2K pro pc I just hover pointer over the file and the preview player pops up in the left pane.Any ideas?

I'm using Windows Media Player (WMP) version 11, or 11.0.5721.5268, to be exact.

I want to *prevent* WMP from trying to download information for CDs I rip.

For example, when WMP is done ripping a CD (MP3 format is what I use) I get this message:

"Windows Media Player cannot download media information for this CD. The tracks, artist and album will be identified as "Unknown" in your library. For best results, connect to the Internet or manually add media information for the CD."

Is there any way to set up WMP so it does NOT do this step? I don't want it to search for any data of any kind - I just want it to rip the CD to MP3 and be done with it.

I have made sure the "Retrieve additional information from the Internet" box is unchecked (not checked) in the "Library" tab.

Any ideas how I can turn this off? I'd really like to be able to have WMP bypass this step completely.

Thank you very much!

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Answer:Windows Media Player v11: how to disable download media information

ReRun said:

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I'm using Windows Media Player (WMP) version 11, or 11.0.5721.5268, to be exact.

I want to *prevent* WMP from trying to download information for CDs I rip.

For example, when WMP is done ripping a CD (MP3 format is what I use) I get this message:

"Windows Media Player cannot download media information for this CD. The tracks, artist and album will be identified as "Unknown" in your library. For best results, connect to the Internet or manually add media information for the CD."

Is there any way to set up WMP so it does NOT do this step? I don't want it to search for any data of any kind - I just want it to rip the CD to MP3 and be done with it.

I have made sure the "Retrieve additional information from the Internet" box is unchecked (not checked) in the "Library" tab.

Any ideas how I can turn this off? I'd really like to be able to have WMP bypass this step completely.

Thank you very much!

RClick to expand...

I found this link:

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They haven't had much luck either, it seems.

So, it looks like I'll need yet another piece of software to avoid this problem.

I downloaded windows media player 11 recently, but when i was playing a song, i went into the 'now playing' window, and accidentally right clicked on the right pane, showing what song was playing, and now it's dissapeared. It was the pane which shows the album front cover at the top, and whats playing around the middle. Does anyone know what i can do to get the right pane to appear again?

Hi:I'm using XP home edition SP3 with media player 11. When playing .wav files the list pane displays the CD name repeatedly. I have the song titles typed in as the file name. Is there a way to set media player to display the file names?

Answer:media player list pane

Welcome to CH.You need to explain what is on the CD. Is it a store bought CD? If the CD is from the store, will show Title, Time and Album name.Also, CD you burn or if it has been prepared properly.However, some programs to burn your own CDs may not recover all the information from the source. Or the source may not even have the information.

HiI am runing Vista home premium. When I first got this PC (12 months ago) I copied most of my cd collection and most of the media information was downloaded from the internet. I have some more recently purchased CDs which I have copied onto the pc but windows can't retrieve any media information - I get the message "webpage unavailable" and advised to connect to the internet (which I already am). I have checked the relevant boxes in the tools/options/privacy settings in media player and have even (temporarily) allowed all cookies in Internet Explorer but still no good.Does anyone know why this happening and how to retrieve media info?Thanks

Hi there. I've been having a strange problem with MPG videos downloaded from digital cameras. When opening the videos in Media Player there is no audio only pops and squeaks. The same video however plays absolutely fine in the Windows preview pane or in another video player, like Zoom player.

My realtek audio drivers are up to date as is the rest of the system and I've uninstalled and reinstalled Media Player. Any ideas or suggestions?

I had to manually find all related files to OE6 to delete it so it would reinstall. Then the updates. Now nothing shows up on the preview pane or when I open the email. I can use Outlook instead but what is wrong? The only view of the message is in properties: details: message source.

Answer:Solved: OE has empty preview pane, open pane

1. With Outlook Express closed, go to Start>Run2. Type in: regsvr32 inetcomm.dll (with the space after "regsvr32")3. Click OK (or press the Enter key)4. Open OE and see if things are fixed

When I open an instance of windows explorer, the navigation pane show little or nothing (no drives, folders, etc.). Also the preview pane does not show a preview for any selected files (See Capture1.JPG).
If I open a second (or higher) instance of windows explorer, the navigation pane functions properly (the preview still does not show) (See Capture2.JPG).
I have previews set to show (See Capture3.JPG).
Also occasionally, the file icons will be blank instead of showing the file type specific icon. When this happens, the address bar also seems to take a long time to load. The load bar will stop before reaching the end and won't finish (See Capture4.JPG).

Does anyone know what is going on or how to fix this?

FYI I am running 64 bit Windows 7 Pro.

Answer:Windows Explorer: Navigation Pane and Preview Pane Bug

Try Explorer++ and see if you get the same problem.

Need to enable "Folders" view.If it works then you can rule out problems with system files and it's probably a buggy shell extension.

Hello, Last week I did the free upgrade from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 and I was wondering what happened to the media information in folders of my videos. Windows 7 had the file size, file type, run time etc of the highlighted video and I believe audio files. Is it gone or do I need to enable it somewhere? It has been a really helpful feature. I can't believe they took it away along with Media Player. Everyone seems so media conscience these days. It seems a step backwards. Thank you for any help you can provide.

Hello, everyone.
I have been having an ongoing issue with media info on my computer. First of all, I have my Windows Media Player 11 set to automatically download track info from the web, but it says it cannot connect, even when I am connected to the internet, and have checked all my firewalls to make sure they're not blocking it. I'm at a loss. It's not that I really mind manually entering all the information myself, but it is incredibly tedious and I'd rather think I shouldn't have to, since my WMP has a feature that ideally makes that unnecessary.

...But even that is impossible now. because my Windows Explorer absolutely refuses to allow me to change track information now. It used to be that I'd just right click a track, go to "properties", and then hit summary and advanced, and I'd be able to edit things like "artist" "track number" "album" "year" etc, but now I can ONLY edit "title" and "comments".

The fact that I am literally unable to edit any media information whatsoever has me pretty frustrated. Please, if you know anything that could help me, I'd appreciate it. I'm at a total loss. :(

Answer:Media Information Problems

oh yeah, thanks a ton for the help - i fixed it myself by running some .dll file that changed something in my windows explorer. Whatever.

For some reason this tool has seemed to stop working for me. It just sits there, it used to go really fast now the most ive ever got is 25% complete.and that was 6 hrs later, and an hour after it was still at the same spot.

i just got itune for windows xp. The problem is i have around forty cd's worth of music to which i no longer have the cd's. Itunes cannot name these files. and with all the programs ive found to name them you have to do one group at a time, which is rather labor intensive with 800 songs, and you have to know the album name. which with many of them i do not. Is there an automated search program that will find the info for all tracks at once without any specific info about the tracks? Please Help.

Answer:retrieving media information

Well, if you no longer own the CD's, then you no longer have the right to use them (much like software, the license is gone).

I have WMP 10 and when I want to rip a CD to the computer, it lists 'unknown artist' and 'unknown track' after inserting the CD. I then go to 'find album info', and it does. I click finish to incorporate the media information..the players say 'updating music library' for a few seconds and then nothing happens...the track/album information does not update.

I went to 'tools' etc., and configured the player like my last computer which successfully updated album/track info, and it still doesn't work. I've read all the applicable WMP help files and tried many things listed to no avail.

As the title says. I first tried to find the album info using WMP, got it, and it changed the file names... but then in the library everything changed back to what it was before. I tried a couple more times with the same result.

I then decided to manually change the info, thinking it was a problem with WMP. Long story short, every change I made disappeared as soon as I hit OK.

But here is the real clincher that has me beating my head against the wall: It is only happening with a certain 15 files that are all in the same album. They have no protection on them, they aren't locked, they aren't hidden, I even checked to see if they were system files. Nothing. Can I get suggestions on this unusual problem? I just can't think of anything else to try, besides getting a hex editor out and trying to change the info that way, but really...

When I put a CD in to rip to the computer, it comes up with 'unknown artist'...when I click 'find album information', the correct album information comes up in the bottom screen. When i click 'finished' however, the album information is NOT incorporated to the ripped files..it continues to read 'unknown artist'.

I have searched all the windows help areas and done all that they suggest to get the information 'updated', but it just doesn't seem to want to work.

Anyone have or solve a similiar problem? Thanks!

Answer:WMP 10 - problem with 'update media information'

What format are you ripping the files to?Are you looking at the name of the file itself, outside of media player, when you say the info hasn't been incorporated or are you viewing this info in WMP's library? In the library you see the 'invisible' embedded tag that each music file has, outside WMP you see the file itself and obviously it's file name. 2 different things.The naming of the actual ripped file is a setting that may need changing in WMP's settings. But it depends if you are viewing/talking about the tag or the filename.

I check out books on CD from the library and rip them into mp3's for my mp3 player. Every single time the ripping is finished, Windows Media Player stops and pops up a box that says:

"Windows Media Player cannot download media information for this CD. The tracks, artists, and album will be identified as "Unknown" in your library. For best results, connect to the Internet or manually add media information for the CD"

I can't do anything until I clear that damn box.

I cannot turn this thing off. I have unchecked almost every option available AND told it to work offline.

I had used Windows Media Player 9 for several years with Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 & 3. I can't recall if I ever used it with SP2 until recently. I had always kept “Tools – Options – Media Library – Rename and rearrange music using media information” unchecked with “only add missing information” selected. I had no problem with editing and retaining Title, Artist, Album, and Release Date entries.

I reinstalled Windows Media Player 9 a few days ago (as mentioned in recent post) because the program had stopped retrieving data from the internet. This may or may not have been connected with upgrading to Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 several months ago during the period when the data retrieval stopped. After the reinstallation of WMP9 onto SP2 from the original Gateway WXP Pro SP1 CD, WMP9 started retrieving data from the internet again.

The next day I spent several hours editing Title, Artist, Album, and Release Date entries for a compilation audio CD set. After I reinserted the CD’s to check for tracks that didn’t get ripped, all of the edits I had made had been replaced with AMG data even though the computer was not connected to the internet and the “Tools – Options – Media Library – Rename and rearrange music using media information” was still unchecked and “only add missing information” was selected as before the WMP9 reinstallation.

Does anyone have similar experience and/or ideas how to get WMP9 to stop overwriting changes wh... Read more

I have a Kodak DX3700 digital camera, and have usually used Viking 64MB High Speed MMC's with great results. I have had the opportunity to try DataSafe 256MB MMC, and on installation find that I am met with the following message "No Pictures On Memory Card", which I assume it is correct, due to this being a brand new card.The problem I am now facing, is that the camera will not take any photographs for possible storage on the MMC.The camera just appears or seems to be locked.What am I likely to be doing wrong. Is the new MMC the wrong type?.Any help would be appreciated, at this crucial moment in time!.

Answer:Information on Multi Media Card required.

Problem solved (I think). It would seem as though two things might have been to blame, possibly three.The MMC was locked in correctly, and after a little coaxing now appears okay.The camera (somehow) had been reset, and required re-setting!.The person owning the camera, not sure what he was doing :O(Anyway, all's well that end well. So will close this. Unless someone wants to add anything further, especially on the uprated from 64MB to 256MB, and if this will improve issue. Plus does use or know of any issues with DataSafe MMC's?.

Ive been looking for a fix for this problem for a while, I've searched the forums and did find others with the same issue but no fix. When I start media player 12 it constantly retrieves and downloads media information. My processor runs at
100% and it wont stop and never completes the download. I really have always liked media player but since I cant correct this I switched to itunes. If there is a fix to this can someone post it, I really don't like itunes but I cant have the constant
updating all the time and my processor running at 100% every time I run WMP

Answer:WMP 12 is updating/retrieving media information constantly

Ok found the fix. Right click on videos, pictures and choose properties, then manage libraries, and delete the libraries, no more updating/retrieving media information.

Hello everyone. Every time I open Media Player, it changes the track information of most of my music. For example, many of the song titles are changed to the names of the files (e.g. from 'Born to Be Wild' to '05 Born to Be Wild'). They often loose album and artist names and track numbers. It is driving me crazy. I have unticked all the boxes in options about retrieving information from the internet and it has made no difference. Any ideas are very welcome. Thanks.

For the past several months, or even years, I have idly sat by while this strange behavior, to me, has existed in my browser. I use Mozilla Firefox as my primary browser(2.0.0.3). The problem is that for some streaming windows content the plug-in player that appears doesn't seem as though it is the proper version. Below is a screenshot of what shows up when I click on a link to a media file associated with that plugin. The copyright date says 1999 which makes me believe that something is out of date. I have already downloaded Windows Media Player 11 but additionally have a K-Lite Codec Pack and WinAmp for local media playback. Also, I should note that in other external applications, such as LyFOX(a program that can stream Yahoo Music videos), I see the same thing; nothing for the most part shows up. - Can someone clarify whether or not that is the correct plugin to see, is it the most updated? Thank you for your time and/or help.

Answer:Windows Media Player Plugin Information

Hello..I think you will find what you are looking for here!......... http://tinyurl.com/yopebn

When I click on "Find Albumn Info" I get the following message, "You must change your privacy settings in Tools/Options".When I try to do this the top two check boxes ie, "Display Media Information Internet" &"Update Music Files by Retrieving Media Info. From Internet" are both "Greyed out" I would appreciate any advice on how to overcome this problem.

Answer:Windows Media Player ( Find Albumn Information)

Microsoft Support:click hereAlso check that your Regional and Language settings are set to UK English from Control Panel.

When I click a video link in Yahoo.com the so called Media Helper kicks in to analyze my software but identifies the wrong versions.For example, it keeps showing that I have version Windows Media Player 6.4 whereas I have version 10 installed and says I should upgrade. For this reason I cannot access the video and similar problems are shown with Real Player and Quick Time.Any solution?

I've tried just about everything to fix this problem including uninstall/reinstall, granting full firewall permission, and going through the options tab. I have put the CD in my laptop and it sees the information just fine, but when I try it in the desktop it comes up as "Unknown Album". Are there services that can be turned off which affect this? I recently used Norton utilities to optimize my services and startup but am not sure if that is the root of the problem or not? I also do not have any system restore points from the time before this incident occurred (I learned afterwards that if you adjust your system restore storage size that it deletes all points...)

Is it possible to have no Nav Pane when opening a Desktop folder, but have Nav Pane when opening Win Explorer? Like it was in WinXp/Win98/Win95?When I disable Nav Pane, it disappears for Desktop folders and Windows Explorer.

I think the answer was 'no' for Win7.

I installed Classic Start Menu hoping one of it's features could do it. If it does, I've not been able to enable it. Other than that, Classic Start Menu is a super improvement.

My friend has MSN Messenger 7.5, with the Messenger Plus 3 add-on. She used to be able to display the song she's listening to as a personal message, but she can't anymore. The "display song information from Windows Media Player as a personal message" box in her settings is still enabled and there is no known reason to this problem. She already updated and reinstalled both MSN and Windows Media, and she even reformatted her hard drive, but the problem has not been solved.

She uses Windows Media Player 10 to listen to music, under Windows XP SP2. Thanks for any help you can provide.

Edit: By the way, she has trouble with her sound card drivers. Could that be the problem? She can listen to music just fine, though.

Answer:Solved: MSN Messenger: Song information from Windows Media not displaying

It was working before. Sometime after I got the Creators' Update it just stopped working.

Is there any way to fix it?

I have tried enabling and disabling Windows Media Player under "Turn Windows features on or off" and that did not work.

I know Groove Music does a good job with finding media information, but I do not want to use it yet since it does not have DLNA media server support for home networks.

Answer:Find Album Information in Windows Media Player Does Not Work

KingDecimator said:

It was working before. Sometime after I got the Creators' Update it just stopped working.

I have the Creators Update. I don't use the media player much, but I've just tested it and successfully found album information. Interestingly, the address it shows is not the one shown in your screenshot.

I have found a number of relevant threads showing this problem which may be of help, some dating back to 2010 like this one...https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...7-283e2e6d4222

or this more recent Win7 one from 2016. The solution in this case was that the redir.metaservices... address was blocked by the HOST table. Nine people said this solved their problem.

Might check your hosts file in the windows\system32\devices\etc and make sure that the redir.metaservices.microsoft.com host name hasn't been included with 0.0.0.0, this happened on my system after I used an application to turn off the Microsoft tracking in Windows 10, simply commenting out this line allowed WMP to then find album info quite happily

My Windows Media Player 9 Music Library settings will not automatically update media information for files which were copied from CD's. These CD's were copied over several months but the missing media data i.e. '01 Track 1' is intact. I have done this successfully in the past with no issues.

I added the correct folder for monitoring with the following settings in Tools - Options - Media Library:Update files by retrieving missing information from internet.Only add missing information. Find media information for music copied with another program.

I restarted the computer and started the browser before opening WMP9 and waited several hours for it to update with no changes appearing. I tried this with both Explorer and Firefox.

For reasons that I do not yet know, I suddenly have two similar problems on two different programs using different operating systems.

Problem 1:

I was trying to rip some cds to mp3, and Windows Media Player 11 cannot retrieve the id3 tags online. I click on "Find album information" and it brings up a mini-browser window of sorts that looks as though it's searching, but nothing comes up. It's waiting for a server to respond or something.

I went ahead and just typed up the information manually and ripped the first cd, but I had two more to go, and, not having patience, I ripped the next two in iTunes .

Then I copied the files to my Ubuntu machine and...

Problem 2:

Since iTunes evidently doesn't use the same method of album art as WMP and Amarok, there was no album art associated with it. So, I right-clicked on the album and then hit "Fetch Cover from amazon.com." ...and it found none. It immediately brought the text box "You have seen all the covers Amazon returned using the query below. Perhaps you can refine it." I find that it does the same for all albums right now.

Amazon isn't down, and I'm pretty dang sure they have these cds since I bought them on Amazon.

Is anybody else having these problems? If so, then it's probably a server problem and I just need to wait until it's back up. But it's already been down all day, which I would suspect to be quite awhile for MS and Amazon. If not, then I have... Read more

I am initiating a proxy server that acts as our webfilter.On one of the machines I can't get the proxy's address to stay on either chrome or IE10.Very strange. I can type in the ip and the port but the apply button remains greyed out and when I hit OK - it just doesn't take???

Hi,You can right click the MP3 file and click Properties. Switch to "Detail" tab and then you can eidt the MP3 information, such as Title, Artists and Composers. Can you modify the information successfully?If the information cannot be modified by iTunes, you may need contact Apple support for further assistance.Thanks,Novak

Not an HP employee; just a HP_Compaq laptop owner I was having the following error:The following product information programmed into the system board is missing or invalid.System Board (00A) - Product Name Product Configuration Product Serial Number Product Number I ran across this info and now it is fixed !!!! try this link for info on how to fixhttp://wintegrity.blogspot.com/2012/12/how-to-fix-product-information-not.html The CD ISO file:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B5ErypAfvfl9LTY5ZDJhcWEyMkk

A site identifies its user through IP address and cookies. My question is about IP address. Does a IP address contain information information about your geographic region? What do those digits in IP address mean? Some websites could tell where the user is located, how? Would you please help me with it. Thanks a lot.

the information is to be sent over an encrypted connection-what is that message called the one something like that on a new computer?it comes up in grey box when you type in a password or try to post on a forum

now im getting this again .. why?

maybe because firefox was updated

and on one computer some or all passwords to forums were deleted

was i hacked?

the information you have entered"is what it says -it just came up again

Hello all, I tried to reply to the thread with a similar title to provide a correct answer. So I am reintroducing the topic and providing an answer that seems to work.

Problem: I want to use media player with very minimal frame. Many answers are "play full screen". But I know that media can be played in windows media without any skin, very minimal framing and floating media controls over the video that auto hide when you move away.

Answer:

Press Ctrl-2. This puts you in a skin mode. There should be menu items at the top: File, View, Play, Tools, HelpChoose View->Skin ChooserYou are now in the full media player experience. Do not choose a skin. Click the 3 square & arrow thing at the bottom "Switch to now playing"Viola! No skin, minimal borders and floating media controls.

I have no idea why this is not a simple option. I think what I am choosing is the most basic skin, maybe not even intended for use. But this is my favorite player, super simple.

When I start System Information (msinfo32.msc) it gives me, in the info panel, the following message: Can't collect information Cannot access the Windows Management Information software. Windows Mangement files might be moved or missing.

I checked if the WMI service is not disabled (it is automatically started, the default).

In Microsoft Mangement Console, under Services and Application, I have WMI Control. R-click, properties, and: Failed to connect to <local computer> because "Interface: class not registered"

So i recently changed my theme, but somehow messed up my explorer. i have this strange problem where neither the navigation pane or the navigtion bar show up on various occasions. this is usually when I am uploading something to the internet such as to imgur.com or attatching something to an email

Here's what it looks like: http://i.imgur.com/FwWiT.png

Notice the difference between the regular explorer and the messed up one. I can't navigate backwards in the messed up one.

Here's a picture of the program i used to change it in the first place (Windows 7 theme manager):

http://i.imgur.com/UCIzQ.png

Note: I already tried to fix it myself and managed to mess up my explorer and had to do a system restore. not pretty. Do you guys know how i could reset my explorer or whatever to how it was when i got my computer? or how to fix this problem?
Note: i already uninstalled teh theme manager

So i recently changed my theme, but somehow messed up my explorer. i have this strange problem where neither the navigation pane or the navigtion bar show up on various occasions. this is usually when I am uploading something to the internet such as to imgur.com or attatching something to an email

Here's what it looks like: http://i.imgur.com/FwWiT.png

Notice the difference between the regular explorer and the messed up one. I can't navigate backwards in the messed up one.

Here's a picture of the program i used to change it in the first place (Windows 7 theme manager):

http://i.imgur.com/UCIzQ.png

Note: I already tried to fix it myself and managed to mess up my explorer and had to do a system restore. not pretty. Do you guys know how i could reset my explorer or whatever to how it was when i got my computer? or how to fix this problem?

If you guys have advice it would be much appreciated!
thanks, Yort

Answer:Nav Pane and Nav Bar gone

Backup all your data to another drive, then use "factory recovery" which will re-install Windows as it was when you bought your computer. Factory Recovery is only available on OEM computers which are supplied with Windows pre-installed. The procedure depends on the make and model.

Sometimes, after filling in details in a pop up window questionnaire - particularly long ones - I find that I cannot get down to click on the "Submit" button. Even when I've dragged everything down off the bottom bar, it is still not in sight. Nor can I drag the window up, to reveal it. Can anyone please tell me how to reach this elusive button to send in details. I am working on a laptop, if that makes any difference.

Answer:A bit of a pane

Try clicking on the minimise/maximise box(es) in the right top corner of the window - you should then get a scroll bar on the right... G

So i recently changed my theme, and attempted to change the explorerframe, but failed. NOw, i have this strange problem where neither the navigation pane or the navigtion bar show up on various occasions. this is usually when:

1.) I am uploading something to the internet such as to imgur.com or attatching something to an email
2.) When I am navigating to a file inside of a program

Here's what it looks like: http://i.imgur.com/FwWiT.png

Notice the difference between the regular explorer and the messed up one. I can't navigate backwards in the messed up one.

Here's a picture of the program i used to change it in the first place (Windows 7 theme manager):

http://i.imgur.com/UCIzQ.png

Note: I already tried to fix it myself and managed to mess up my explorer and had to do a system restore. not pretty.

If you guys have any tips then they would be much appreciated!
Cheers, Yort

How can I get all drives to show under Computer in the navigation pane. The only one showing is drive (COS? I put a check mark by show all empty drives, but that didn't work. I'm using the classic theme.

I using Word in Office XP and everytime I start the program, the task pane appears on the right hand side. I go into VIEW/TOOLBARS and uncheck task pane. The task pane closes, but the next time I start Word the task pane is back. How do I stop the task pane from reappearing? Thanks in advance.

Answer:Can' get rid of task pane

1. From the Tools menu, select Options2. Click on the View tab3. Under the Show section check the Startup Task Pane to display it every time Word starts; deselect it if you do not want it to appear when Word starts4. Click OK

I've got a lot of work to do now (partial differential equations are killing me!), but if you can wait until the weekend, I can look into where this information is stored? I don't know of an app to do this, but it must be possible manually

Still wondering if anyone figured out why there is two entries for external hard drives in the navigation pane?

While I'm at it; anyone understand the mysterious 'omni-presence' of the 'Home' folder?

Answer:WTP Navigation Pane

Edwin........................I've been wondering the same thing, but as its a minor glitch I figured it would have been reported as I have done and possibly fixed by now. Maybe Shawn can help us out here.

One of the more useful features of both Vista and Windows 7 is the inline "Preview Pane" of Windows Explorer.

On little quirk I've discovered in Windows 7 is that when you resize a Windows Explorer window, the Preview Pane is resized also, in favour of the file lists. However, I like my preview pane a specifc size.

The follow method is one workaround I used with success:Click the "Hide Preview Pane" icon in the upper right corner (to the left of Help) of Windows ExplorerResize the Windows Explorer window to how you want itClick the "Show Preview Pane" icon in the upper right corner (to the left of Help) of Windows ExplorerHas anyone found a way (either via a UI Setting, or a Registry entry) to keep the Preview Pane a fixed size, so that the above workaround does not have to be used?

Answer:Preview Pane

Yeah, I'm not to crazy about that one myself. I usually end up just manually dragging the Preview Pane line over.

When I open my pictures via the pane click on the folder the pictures appear but 3 seconds later it goes back to the panes page again this only happens with the pictures pane, another issue is when I open my pictures folder directly the files are there but no picture previews it takes ages for them to populate if I am trying to upload one to another website I cant tell which picture is which, I am seriously thinking of going back to w7. any ideas. Thanks Ed

Is it better for me to work under "libraries" or under "computer"?I am trying to clean up a mess that was made by a computer repair guy. He did something which caused my files and folders to be relocated into incorrect areas - even some of my pictures are upside down.

Hi
I accidentally delited desktop from navigation panel, I wonder how can I restore it, I realy need it.

Answer:Navigation Pane

Hello MrT, and welcome to Seven Forums.

You can right click on Favorites and click on restore Favorite links. If that does not restore it, then you can go to C:\Users\(username) and drag the Desktop folder into the Favorites area to copy it back there.

How do I get rid of the Preview Pane (I think that's what i's called) on the bottom half of my email message screen................... (It shows the message even before I open the email).

Answer:Preview Pane

The method was the same since Outlook. I have WLM 2011 and the method is now changed.I had to get a link to see how it was done in the older editions. If you have 2011, it is basically the same, with slight variationsHow to Disable the Preview Pane in Windows Mail or Outlook Express - About Email

I have just upgraded Vista -> 7 and Windows Explorer is driving me crazy.What I do is following:

1. I choose a folder i Navigation Pane and Detail Pane is only showing File name in a narrow column.2. Then I customize the Detail Pane ... detail view, more columns, column width ... and so on3. Drag the Name column so I can see all the columns4. Fine ... everything looks OK5. Close Window Explorer and restarts it again6. The customization for the detail pane are there ... but the column witdth is so narrow that I only can see File name7. I have to drag the column witdth every time to see the other colums ... very annoying

Answer:Detail pane

in seven,there's no more "remember folder view option" . I don't know why they removed it. which means every time you get to that folder,you need to change it again. and out.again.

however I came across some fix but I can't confirm if this is what you want

I am unable to open Web Links in the preview pane of Outlook 7.The alert message I recieve is: "The operation can not be completed do to restrictions ineffect on this computer. Please contact your system Administrator."I am running Norton 360.

Answer:Preview Pane

Hi sbetechsupport

See if the suggestions at this link help:http://www.slipstick.com/problems/link_restrict.htm

There is a Users Solutions section that may apply, to your setup.Let us know if that helps or not.

Can anyone tell me how to get the folders in the navigation pane of file explorer to expand to show the sub folders. If I right click the folder, 'Expand' is greyed out. This has only happened since the AU.Thank you

Answer:Navigation Pane

Hello John,

You might see if an option in the tutorial below may be able to turn on expand to current folder in the navigation pane for you. It's the same in Windows 10.

Hello, I've been searching and I can't find what I'm looking for:When I open Windows Explorer it defaults to a view of some deeply buried folder (actually, it's the startup folder) that I have NO interest in at all. I would really like to be able to change that, but I sure can't figure out how!!What I would like is is for the Documents folder to be open, with Computer open below it. Simple. Nothing else.Many thanks for your help.Hugh in Winnipeg

Answer:Nav. Pane view: Help Please!

Hi Citizen Joe,Welcome to Vista Forums.

This will show you how to change the default Windows Explorer shortcut open location to open where you want it to instead.

I have recently installed adobe acrobat professional, and now my task pane which comes on at start up no longer appears. I have looked in the options and selected for the task pane to appear, and have the START AT STARTUP option in the task pane itslef but it still dioesn;t appear.Any ideas anyone?stuj77

Answer:where is my task pane?

Try starting in safe-mode and then restart in normal mode. That often sorts it out.(Forgive me if I have gone wrong on this...)

Until now, when in OUTLOOK I clicked NEW in order to start a new message to send, the "reading" pane was on the right - and a NAVIGATION pane was on the left.I don't know what happened, but now the navigation pane is gone when I click NEW and the new message pane covers the entire screen?Any ideas to get the nav pane back?

StanC

Answer:Solved: nav pane gone in NEW

I figured it out myself. The image in "restore down" can be re-sized.StanC

I have done everything listed to clean my system. I have adaware, spybot, and hijackthis. I also ran AVG. My search pane in IE 6.0 is not showing the right options to search. It only shows one little box labeled MSN, when I try to change the options I rather get no options to choose from or just two. I have also tried the restore in Add/Remove Programs for IE.Here is my hijackthis logLogfile of HijackThis v1.99.1Scan saved at 7:23:57 PM, on 03/17/2006Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A)MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)Running processes:C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLLC:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXEC:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXEC:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tskC:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.EXEC:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WINMODEM.101\wmexe.exeC:\PROGRAM FILES\WILD FILE\GOBACK\GBPOLL.EXEC:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ZONELABS\VSMON.EXEC:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXEC:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\AOL\ACS\ACSD.EXEC:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXEC:\WINDOWS\TASKMON.EXEC:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXEC:\WINDOWS\GWHOTKEY.EXEC:\PROGRAM FILES\CREATIVE\SHAREDLL\CTNOTIFY.EXEC:\PROGRAM FILES\ZONE LABS\ZONEALARM\ZLCLIENT.EXEC:\PROGRAM FILES\GRISOFT\AVG FREE\AVGCC.EXEC:\PROGRAM FILES\GRISOFT\AVG FREE\AVGEMC.EXEC:\PROGRAM FILES&... Read more

Answer:Can't Restore My Search Pane In Ie 6.0

Hello Dar and welcome to the BC HijackThis forum. I do not see any signs of viruses or malware in this log. It is clean.

I would suggest posting a question in the Internet Browsing forum. They can assist with non-malware related browser issues.

Does anyone know how to get rid of the preview pane when doing a search on IE? I know to uncheck the little box at the bottom, but it seems to recheck evertime I do a new search. I'm finding it really annoying, because it changes the current page that I'm viewing. Anyone know of a way to just get rid of it all together?